Winner of the 2022 PAUL LOWIN ORCHESTRAL PRIZE for Symphony No 1, Black Summer
Winner of the 2023 APRA Award for Work of the Year - Large Ensemble for his Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra
Winner of the 2023 APRA Award for Work of the Year - Large Ensemble for his Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra
Read reviews for the Australian World Orchestra's performances of Paul Dean's Symphony: Limelight Australian Arts Review
“the excellent Paul Dean” Sunday Times, London
"Dean has created a spine-tingling work....an extraordinary first performance of a new masterwork, erupted into sustained applause as Briger beckoned the composer to the stage to share the accolades with his orchestra."
Australian Arts Review, Canberra June 2021
"The four-movement work is not what might be called tuneful, but the harmonic structure is complex, and the piece is as powerful as it is rich, as intense as it is suspenseful, as thought-provoking as it is exhausting. Symphony would be a challenge for any orchestra, but the AWO’s performance was one that delivered a monumental work with assured precision, extraordinary emotion and explosive power. It is a work that succeeds brilliantly, not only for its music and passion, but also for its message."
Limelight, June 2021
"Every so often a new work comes along that makes us all sit up and take notice, startled as we do so; Paul Dean’s concerto for cello and wind quintet is such a piece. It is gritty, lyrical, compelling, and in Trish Dean, has a phenomenal advocate. " Paul Kildea, Musica Viva
"One notable achievement of the evening was the discovery that a piece by a homegrown talent, Paul Dean,
could stand proudly in the company of those of Sibelius and Mahler."
Daily Review, Melbourne 2019
Paul Dean is a leading Australian clarinetist, composer, artistic director and pedagogue.
Currently Head of Winds at Queensland Conservatorium and co-Artistic Director of Ensemble Q, he is an endorsed Australian artist for Buffet and D'Addario. In 2022 Paul won the coveted Paul Lowin Orchestral Prize for his "Symphony No 1, Black Summer" and has been commissioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival Colorado, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and Australian World Orchestra.
Paul was appointed 2019 Composer in Residence for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and 2022 Composer in Residence at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music.
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"Dean has created a spine-tingling work....an extraordinary first performance of a new masterwork, erupted into sustained applause as Briger beckoned the composer to the stage to share the accolades with his orchestra."
Australian Arts Review, Canberra June 2021
"The four-movement work is not what might be called tuneful, but the harmonic structure is complex, and the piece is as powerful as it is rich, as intense as it is suspenseful, as thought-provoking as it is exhausting. Symphony would be a challenge for any orchestra, but the AWO’s performance was one that delivered a monumental work with assured precision, extraordinary emotion and explosive power. It is a work that succeeds brilliantly, not only for its music and passion, but also for its message."
Limelight, June 2021
"Every so often a new work comes along that makes us all sit up and take notice, startled as we do so; Paul Dean’s concerto for cello and wind quintet is such a piece. It is gritty, lyrical, compelling, and in Trish Dean, has a phenomenal advocate. " Paul Kildea, Musica Viva
"One notable achievement of the evening was the discovery that a piece by a homegrown talent, Paul Dean,
could stand proudly in the company of those of Sibelius and Mahler."
Daily Review, Melbourne 2019
Paul Dean is a leading Australian clarinetist, composer, artistic director and pedagogue.
Currently Head of Winds at Queensland Conservatorium and co-Artistic Director of Ensemble Q, he is an endorsed Australian artist for Buffet and D'Addario. In 2022 Paul won the coveted Paul Lowin Orchestral Prize for his "Symphony No 1, Black Summer" and has been commissioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival Colorado, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and Australian World Orchestra.
Paul was appointed 2019 Composer in Residence for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and 2022 Composer in Residence at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music.
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